Crate.



No. 882,392. PATENTED- MAR. 17, 1908. A. M. KENEIPP.

CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED 001 .2, 1907.

20 (inventor attobnu UNITED STATES ARTHUR M, KENEIPP, OF OWENSVILLE, INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed October 2, 1907. Serial No. 395,592.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. KENEIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owensville, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Crates, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in crates, and particularly to a crate for the reception of animals such as hogs and so constructed as to permit the convenient translowing specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in Wl'11ChZ-- Figure 1 is an end elevation of a crate con- "structed in accordance with my invention,

showing particularly the trapping means.

'Fig. 2 is a similar view of the op osite end of "the crate, showin the gate or oor through whichthe anima is admitted. Fig. 3 is a maintain a'strong rigi longitudinalsection through the crate on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the drawings my improved crate is made up of end frames 1 and 2 includin side bars or uprights 3 and cross bars 4, t e connections between these bars being of any ap ropriate character to 5 structure. The sides and top of the crate are preferably of headed construction, as at 5, while the bottom is preferabl of a solid or platform type 6, the ends of t e. platform preferably resting upon the lower cross bars of the end frames and being centrally reinforced by a transverse bar 7 similar to the cross bars of the frame. The rear or entrance end of the crate is preferably closed by a gate or door 8, of any preferred detailed construction slidably mounted in recesses 9 formed by the relatively inner surfaces of cleats 10 secured to and overlyin fr'ame 1. The ends of the cleats are preferably connected with the contacting ends of by bolts 11 passed entirely throu h said partsto provide a rigid structure. e'gate is vertically slidable in the cleats 10, being secured in lowered position through the medium of a pin 12 passed through and open' in the cleat, an opening 13 in the gate an seating in a recess 14 in the upper cross bar of the rear frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The forward end of the crate is provided with a trap, including a fixed section 15 and a movable section 16, the proximate edges of which are cut away at 17 to form an elongated opening, as shown in Fig. 1. The xed section is secured between opposing cleats 18 and '19 secured directly upon the platform or bottom 6, the former overlying.

the lower cross bar of the forward end frame and the latter overlying and being secured to an extension 20 of the platform. The movable section 16 of the trap is pivotally se cured at 21 to the upper cross bar of the forward end frame, the lower end being slid- -ably disposed between the cleats 18 and 19.

An operating lever 22 is mounted on the side bar of the end frame adjacent-the movable section 16, and near the upper end of said side bar, said lever being connected intermediate its ends by a link 23 with the relatively lower end of the movable section 16.

the uprights and cross bars of the end frame A gravity catch 24 is pivoted onthe forward on frame above the lever, the hooked end of said catch being adapted to en age in one of a series of notches 25 forme in the relatively up or surface of the lever to secure the parts in esired osition. In operation t e. animal 1s driven thro h the chute or from any. inclosure into t e crate, the gate Shaving been elevated in an obvious manner. As the animal advances the lever 22 is moved on its pivot to space the section 16 of the tra from the section 15, thereb enlarging t e elongated opening forme by the cutaway portion 17 of the re-,

spective sections. As the head of the animal projects throughthe opening thus provided the lever is moved in an oppositedirection to narrow the openin and trap the anim'al'by confining its neck in the elongpted o ening. In this position' of the parts t ecatc caused to engage the proper notch 25 and the animal is secured in a position convenient for the necessary operation.

When not desired for use as a trap the lever and link 23 may be readily disconnected from the crate and a pin or bolt passed through openings 26 formed in the cleats 1S and 19 and in the lower or movable end of the section 16, thus utilizing said section as a fixed closure for the forward end of the crate, and confining the animal, against escape.

Having thus described the invention \vhat is claimed new, is

' end of the latter, a lever mounted on the 1. A crate comprising an inclosed structure, a door at one end of the crate, and a Z. A crate including a frame having closed sides top and bottom, a door movabl mounted at one end of the crate for closing said. end, a trap arranged to close the opposite end of the crate said trap comprising a fixed section and a movable, section cooperating with the fixed section, the movable sectron being pivotally mounted on the crate trap at the opposite end, said trap comprlsing a fixed section and a movable section each of the full height of the interior of the crate, the proximate edges of the fixed sec tion and movable section being cut away to frame at the upper end thereof, manually operable means engaging the lower end of the movable section to operate said section relative to the fixed section, cleats carried by the crate frame and arranged on opposite sides of the movable end of the movable section,

form a tra o enin when the sections are in u o h n operative position, the movable section l-elng plvotally supported on the crate at the upper crate beyond the movable section, and means removably connecting the lever aml the lower end of the movable section, said crate being provided with means for securing the movable end of the movable section in operative relation to the fixed section of the trap, whereby. the lever and section connecting means may be removed from the crate and the movable section locked in position to close the end of the crate together with the fixed sect-ion. 

